# Unable to send data from metricbeat to logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-send-data-from-metricbeat-to-logstash/301523 "2022-04-04T13:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PRASHANT\_MEHTA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_mehta/32/101764_2.png) [@PRASHANT\_MEHTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRASHANT_MEHTA)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-send-data-from-metricbeat-to-logstash/301523/1 "2022-04-04T13:35:42Z")
Hello , Can someone help in this,I'm unable to send data from metricbeat to logstash. Below are the configurations: ```auto metricbeat.config.modules: path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml reload.enabled: false setup.kibana: host: http://abc06appl002.dev.ppdm01.group.w:5601 output.logstash: hosts: ["abc06appl002.dev.ppdm01.group.w:5044"] processors: - add_fields: fields: configfile: ${DM_SHARED}/MIS/globalconfiguration.properties - rename: fields: - from: agent.hostname to: host.name ignore_missing: true fail_on_error: false - drop_fields: fields: # - host.mac # - system.process.cmdline - ecs - agent.ephemeral_id - agent.type - agent.version - agent.hostname - event monitoring.enabled: true monitoring.elasticsearch.hosts: true #logging.level: debug ``` ```auto # Sample Logstash configuration for creating a simple # Beats -> Logstash -> Elasticsearch pipeline. input { beats { port => 5044 } } output { stdout {} } ``` Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:systemmetricbeat, :exception=\>"Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException", :message=\>"Unable to configure plugins: (PluginLoadingError) Couldn't find any input plugin named 'beats'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to load the beats input plugin resulted in this error: Problems loading the requested plugin named beats of type input. Error: RuntimeError \n\n\tyou might need to reinstall the gem which depends on the missing jar or in case there is Jars.lock then resolve the jars with `lock_jars` command\n\nno such file to load -- org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.11.1/log4j-api-2.11.1 (LoadError)", :backtrace=\>["org.logstash.config.ir.CompiledPipeline.(CompiledPipeline.java:119)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt.initialize(JavaBasePipelineExt.java:82)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.call(JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.gen)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:837)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1169)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1156)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "l.app.CIS.logstash.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_9\_dot\_1.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.java\_pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(/l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java\_pipeline.rb:44)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:332)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:86)", "org.jruby.RubyClass.newInstance(RubyClass.java:939)", "org.jruby.RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.call(RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.gen)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "l.app.CIS.logstash.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_9\_dot\_1.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.pipeline\_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0(/l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:52)", "l.app.CIS.logstash.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_9\_dot\_1.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.pipeline\_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0$ **VARARGS** (/l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "l.app.CIS.logstash.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_9\_dot\_1.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge\_state$2(/l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:357)", "org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:138)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:58)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:52)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:139)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:318)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:105)", "java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)"]} warning: thread "Converge PipelineAction::Create" terminated with exception (report\_on\_exception is true): LogStash::Error: Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException` for `PipelineAction::Create` create at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129 add at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57 converge\_state at /l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:370 [2022-04-04T15:27:16,324][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\`\>, :backtrace=\>["org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129:in `create'", "org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57:in `add'", "/l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:370:in `block in converge\_state'"]} [2022-04-04T15:27:16,370][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ```auto - pipeline.id: tomcatmonitor queue.type: persisted path.config: "/l/app/MIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/scripts/tomcat/monitortomcat.cfg" - pipeline.id: oracledb queue.type: persisted path.config: "/l/app/MIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/bin/cis-sql.cfg" - pipeline.id: systemmetricbeat queue.type: persisted path.config: "/l/app/MIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/bin/systemMetricbeat.cfg" ``` metricbeat.logs ```auto Connecting to backoff(async(tcp://td06appl002.dev.kpdm01.group.wg:5044)) 2022-04-04T15:25:52.053+0200 INFO [publisher] pipeline/retry.go:219 retryer: send unwait signal to consumer 2022-04-04T15:25:52.053+0200 INFO [publisher] pipeline/retry.go:223 done 2022-04-04T15:25:53.792+0200 ERROR [publisher_pipeline_output] pipeline/output.go:154 Failed to connect to backoff(async(tcp://td06appl002.dev.ppdm01.group.wg:5044)): dial tcp 192.168.68.65:5044: connect: connection refused ``` Can someone plz help in this,stuck since a week on this,beats,logstash,kibana,elastic..all are 7.9.1 version. Many thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-send-data-from-metricbeat-to-logstash/301523/2 "2022-04-04T17:46:53Z")
> [@PRASHANT\_MEHTA](#): > > org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.11.1/log4j-api-2.11.1 (LoadError)", ... /l/app/CIS/logstash/logstash-7.9.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:370 I cannot say why that error is occurring, but log4j2 2.11.1 has remote code execution vulnerabilities and logstash 7.9.1 is beyond end-of-support. I suggest you upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-send-data-from-metricbeat-to-logstash/301523/3 "2022-05-02T17:47:16Z")
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